A side view of the Forktailed Bush Katydid (Scudderia furcata) nymph showing its caudal appendages ...

A view of the Forktailed Bush Katydid (Scudderia furcata) nymph showing its dorsal markings and oval tympanums or tympanic organs located on each foreleg with which they hear. If you look closely, you can see the adhesive pads on the bottoms of the 2 feet closest to the forefront of the photo. These insects shake and lick dirt off of the pads very frequently to keep them clean.

close up back end

one of about 5 in my fruit garden

one on a poppy for scale

it isn't fast and sits in the same bush for hours, especially when the leaves are wet

it doesn't really fly in my garden, but it does use it's wings when it jumps

Scudderia furcata nymph

On my Disneyland Rose

fork-tailed bush katydid Scudderia furcata, came into our house one night.